Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Chinese Tourists' anticipated return to Boracay

It started on
the issue over Panatag Shoal to the point where Chinese Tourist Packages to the
Philippines, including Boracay were being canceled.

As the
Chairman of Committee on Tourism in the House of Representatives, Aklan Congressman,
Florencio Joeben Miraflores stated that they, along with the Department of
Tourism waived this issue over to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for
now.

As this issue
is on the argument on the relationship between two diplomatic countries, therefore
they would rather wait on DFA's action on the matter.

Miraflores
believes that this issue will be given a solution soon.

The
Congressman however, admits the fact that this issue between China and the
Philippines has indeed affected tourism, ergo the decreased number of tourists
in the Island as well as in the whole country.

But he
anticipates the return of these Chinese tourists in the country after the issue
will be settled.

Earlier, the
Chinese Government had released a Travel Advisory against the Philippines,
resulting to the dwindling number of tourist in the country.